United Kingdom & Ireland
It’s been a cool, blustery past 24 hours in the wake of the previous front but the next front which moves through tonight promises to bring a distinctly wintry flavour to Wednesday across Northern Ireland, Northern England and Scotland. Snow is expected mainly over high ground but don’t be surprised to see some slight accumulation […]
Ahead of the cold front which has been progressing southwards during Monday we saw a spring-like day for many during yesterday. https://twitter.com/SimonLeeWx/status/957593884007297024 With a strong jet stream close by this week, expect an up and down temperature regime through this week with mild ahead, cool behind the fronts. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/957683287132164096 https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/957886050717679616 After yesterday’s mild we’re […]
This winter has been driven by a +NAO, -AO which has kept things interesting with snow and cold as well as spells of mild. The NAO appears to remain negative which results in the continuation of a fluid Atlantic pattern. We’ve seen a pick up in storm activity within the last 10 days resulting in […]
Courtesy of a deep Atlantic low, Western Europe is back in the milder SW flow. Recent days has seen the Spanish Costas enjoy unusual January warmth of mid to upper 20s (C). Sunday saw Valencia soar to 26.4C, making for the hottest January day on record. The following day Valencia reached an even higher 26.6C […]
Thanks to a positive North Atlantic Oscillation but negative Arctic Oscillation, January like December has been mixed but on the whole near to slightly above average over the southern British Isles and cooler than average for N England, N Ireland and Scotland with the last 7 days being particularly snowy. Temp anomaly for first 15 […]
Clear skies, light wind and widespread snow cover gave us another opportunity to shoot for UK’s coldest temperature of the 2017-18 winter. The thermometer dipped to -13.5C at Dalwhinnie, initially thought to be the UK’s lowest overnight reading before anticipated cloud moved in. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/955027467076603904 However it was Kinbrace, Sutherland which stole the prize for being […]
Since Wednesday, an AMBER warning has been in effect for much of southern and central Scotland due to frequent heavy snow showers blowing in on a biting westerly wind. Road disruption has been ongoing from the English border up to Inverness. Accident on the M77 this afternoon. M80 https://twitter.com/trafficscotland/status/954381556801515520 https://twitter.com/trafficscotland/status/954382197749944320 Poor driving conditions once again […]
It’s been a challenging past 36 hours for Scotland, Northern Ireland and higher parts of N England and Wales with persistent heavy snow showers and gale-force wind rattling in off the Atlantic. The build up of snow has laid to issues on the road network with worst area being South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway […]
Every few years we get a heavy snowfall combined with rush hour traffic which can lead to nightmare multi-hour delays. Heavy snow falling on a motorway packed with stationary vehicles is a worst case. Remember December 2010? M8 Glasgow The M8 wasn’t too pretty at rush hour this evening. Neither was the M74 through. https://twitter.com/whits1971/status/953178436255846400 My […]
A powerhouse 260 mph jet stream has driven bitterly cold Canadian/Greenland air across the North Atlantic and over Ireland and the UK bringing frequent blustery snow showers through today. The jet stream running across the UK this week will be very strong, exceeding 260 mph, which is why things are going to turn more unsettled […]
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